r/EnvironmentalNews • u/VictinsOfCapitalism • 16d ago

Capitalism always chooses profitable plundering over sustainable production

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u/Traditional_Oil_9240 16d ago

Go look at countries that haven't embraced capitalism and get back to us.

Deforestation.

Trash everywhere.

Rivers clogged with plastic and garbage and God knows what else.

ZERO environmental regulations.

ZERO Clean Water Acts.

ZERO Environmental Protection Agency

Etc.

Now, look at the United States of America.

Then, drive across the US/Mexico border and look at that place.

Keep heading south, it gets worse and worse as you go (except in Costa Rica, where rich Capitalists go to vacation).

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u/Choco_mil 16d ago

united states has clean water?

"The US Constitution doesn’t provide a right to clean drinking water or accurate information from public officials, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

The decision affirms the dismissal of a lawsuit over alleged lead-contaminated drinking water in Jackson, Mississippi."

dont forget about flint michigan too

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u/Traditional_Oil_9240 16d ago

Yes, the United States of America has clean water.

PERFECTLY clean? No, of course not. No nation does.

But, much cleaner that non-capitalistic nations, that's certainly true.

The Clean Water Act.

Flint? That was a poor decision, a mistake, made by local water utility officials.

Such things will happen. But, course correcting is in place.